Sugar Land 2 LbNA #69287
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | Oct 12, 2015 |
| Location: | Oyster Creek Park |
| City: | Sugar Land |
| County: | Fort Bend |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Troop158026 |
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| Last found: | Mar 30, 2018 |
| Status: | aF |
| Last edited: | Dec 7, 2015 |
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 1 mile RT)
Status: alive
The land in and about the City of Sugar Land was originally owned by the Mexican government and was granted to Samuel M. Williams through Stephen F. Austin. Williams called this land "Oakland Plantation" because there were many different varieties of oaks on the land. Sugar became a part of life in the area when S. M. Swinson, captain of a small freight boat, delivered sugar cane stalks from Cuba to Williams. The cane flourished and soon a sugar mill was built to squeeze the juice from the stalks. After the death of Samuel Williams, the family sold the mill to Benjamin Franklin Terry and William Jefferson Kyle. In 1853, they also purchased the "Oakland Plantation" from the Williams family and the land, rich in sugar cane, was appropriately renamed "Sugar Land". The Sugar Land plantation passed through other hands in years to follow and was finally purchased by I. H. Kempner and W. T. Eldridge in 1907, at which time the sugar refining process was expanded. The company was eventually renamed Imperial to emphasize quality. Though the company no longer refines sugar at its original plant (the facility was closed in 2003), Sugar Land is still the home of Imperial Sugar Company, and the old facility will be reopened as a Historic District with shops, offices, restaurants, bars, hotels and apartments facing a landscaped plaza. Even though Sugar Land no longer refines sugar, it still remains a nice place to live with many parks to play in. One of the best is Oyster Creek Park, which contains a hike & bike trail, picnic tables and this letterbox. My first Sugar Land box was reported missing, so this was supposed to be its replacement. However, I found it, so just placed this one further down the trail. It has a different stamp so should be considered a new find.
Directions:
Sugar Land is located about 20 miles southwest of Houston via Hwy 59, and Oyster Creek Park is located at 4033 State Highway 6 South. From Hwy 59, exit Hwy 6 and go south a mile or so past Lexington, Williams Trace then Settlers Way Blvd. The parking lot for Oyster Creek Park will be on the left (east).
Clues:
From the parking area, walk across the bridge to the pond straight ahead with a fountain. Go right on the concrete path and continue on the asphalt path to where path divides at garbage can. Go left for 75 steps, then go right 7 steps into brush to 2 trees growing next to each other. LB is between them under rocks and leaves.
Hike length: 1 mile
Status: alive
The land in and about the City of Sugar Land was originally owned by the Mexican government and was granted to Samuel M. Williams through Stephen F. Austin. Williams called this land "Oakland Plantation" because there were many different varieties of oaks on the land. Sugar became a part of life in the area when S. M. Swinson, captain of a small freight boat, delivered sugar cane stalks from Cuba to Williams. The cane flourished and soon a sugar mill was built to squeeze the juice from the stalks. After the death of Samuel Williams, the family sold the mill to Benjamin Franklin Terry and William Jefferson Kyle. In 1853, they also purchased the "Oakland Plantation" from the Williams family and the land, rich in sugar cane, was appropriately renamed "Sugar Land". The Sugar Land plantation passed through other hands in years to follow and was finally purchased by I. H. Kempner and W. T. Eldridge in 1907, at which time the sugar refining process was expanded. The company was eventually renamed Imperial to emphasize quality. Though the company no longer refines sugar at its original plant (the facility was closed in 2003), Sugar Land is still the home of Imperial Sugar Company, and the old facility will be reopened as a Historic District with shops, offices, restaurants, bars, hotels and apartments facing a landscaped plaza. Even though Sugar Land no longer refines sugar, it still remains a nice place to live with many parks to play in. One of the best is Oyster Creek Park, which contains a hike & bike trail, picnic tables and this letterbox. My first Sugar Land box was reported missing, so this was supposed to be its replacement. However, I found it, so just placed this one further down the trail. It has a different stamp so should be considered a new find.
Directions:
Sugar Land is located about 20 miles southwest of Houston via Hwy 59, and Oyster Creek Park is located at 4033 State Highway 6 South. From Hwy 59, exit Hwy 6 and go south a mile or so past Lexington, Williams Trace then Settlers Way Blvd. The parking lot for Oyster Creek Park will be on the left (east).
Clues:
From the parking area, walk across the bridge to the pond straight ahead with a fountain. Go right on the concrete path and continue on the asphalt path to where path divides at garbage can. Go left for 75 steps, then go right 7 steps into brush to 2 trees growing next to each other. LB is between them under rocks and leaves.
Hike length: 1 mile